In reply to Alberto De Souza's message of Mon, 23 Mar 2015 21:09:27 -0400: Hi, [snip] >> Here is a third:- >> >> In an environment where ionizing radiation with an energy in excess of >> about 10 >> eV is present, additional atoms in the metal can become ionized providing >> excess >> free electrons. This will increase the conductivity of the metal. > > >That's new physics. It would be very interesting to see something like >that. But a bit hard to prove it is exactly that.
It's not new physics. You see an extreme example in every spark. When atoms of a normally insulating gas are ionized, the gas becomes a plasma, and suddenly becomes a good conductor. What I described above is simply the same think happening in a poorly conducting metal rather than an insulating gas. Regards, Robin van Spaandonk http://rvanspaa.freehostia.com/project.html
